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Posts Tagged ‘GSA’

First-Ever GSA Blog Brilliant Comment on Banality of Entire Web

Tuesday, October 9th, 2007

jacob.jpgThe GSA (our government’s “Gay-Straight Alliance”) launched a “weblog” as part of fulfilling the president’s long-forgotten 2002 “eGov” initiative. Just like the State Department! It’s called “GovGab”, which is at least much harder to turn into a juvenile pun than “DippinDotGov” or whatever State called their stillborn attempt at Internets Relevance. It’s in the content, though, that GovGab becomes a more embarrassing horror show than State’s boring diplomacy site. Let’s meet the bloggers! MORE »


Daily Briefing: A Man Who Swears He’s Not to Blame

Thursday, March 29th, 2007

* President Bush is sure “the American people will know who to hold responsible” when the Iraq war starts going really bad. [WP, NYT, WSJ]
* Alberto Gonzales gets his ass chewed - and not in the good way - by US Attorneys during his whirlwind tour. [NYT]
* Kyle Sampson is a snitch. [WP, NYT, LAT]
* Fred Thompson’s got that “conservative presence.” [WP]
* GSA Chief delivers several enthusiastic renditions of “I have no recollection Congressman.” [WP]
* British soldiers held in Iran getting “a constant supply of fluids.” [LAT]


Paranoid Crazy Person Head of GSA

Wednesday, March 28th, 2007

Ha ha, the crazy went to Vassar - WonketteWe were alerted earlier today that GSA administrator Lurita Doan (obv a fake name, prob from a Pynchon book) was hilariously sketchy while testifying before the Oversight Committee — and, indeed, she was! — but we apparently missed a great bit at the end. A tipster writes: MORE »


D.C.-Adjacent Supervillain Lair For Sale By U.S. Government

Monday, September 18th, 2006

'Unfortunately I overestimated you, you are just a stupid police man... 'Attention soon-to-be-unemployed power-mad politicians: As we’ve learned from history, many fallen leaders turn to evil — often after a disfiguring accident or a sinister experiment that results in some kind of superpower. But evil intent and superhuman strength are not enough to wage war against the society that shunned you.

You need a freakin’ supervillain lair.

Luckily, the GSA’s Office of Property Disposal has the perfect opportunity with a starting bid of just $30,000. It’s the Bloody Point Lighthouse just off the southern tip of Kent Island in the Chesapeake and a mere 20 miles east of Capitol Hill. Explore this exclusive property’s unique features, after the jump.

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